News and notes from around the interweb:
- OpenTable, which has one of the scammier rewards programs reminds that they continue to expire points during the global pandemic when eating indoors in restaurants seems inadvisable (and eating outdoors is unpleasant in 100 degree every day Texas).
The e-mail subject is “Reminder: some of your points are expiring” and it begins “We know there’s a lot going on in the world right now and we all miss the restaurant experiences we love.” And so they offer “a friendly reminder that” their points expire.
- ‘Burn this ride to the ground’: The worst, most hated attraction in Disney history (HT: @thetvlinsider)
- Gogo in talks to sell its commercial airline wifi business
- 8 Texas airports have collaborated on safe operating standards and have made a coloring book. Can I tell you how badly I want a #FlySafeTexas coloring book? It’s for my daughter. I promise.
- The proper way to cook your steak at home
Etihad ‘Apartment’ First Class Steak - American Express reported to be in advanced talks to buy Kabbage the small business funding site that had all but collapsed before the pandemic but pivoted to processing PPP loans.
while the email information from Open Table is correct, when I got in touch with them with my concerns, they said to reach out closer to when points expire and if I still felt uneasy about dining out they would extend my points expiration
I don’t even bother with Open Table “rewards” Just not worth the trouble.
I just logged on and 10K points expired from my account in July. Ironically I was going to dine in mid March with a reservation but Covid 19 shut down everything. While admittedly it is within their rights to cancel my points under their T&C’s, I honestly got no reminder courtesy email even hinting at the points expiration. I’ve stayed loyal throughout all these years but I’m bummed that I dont even have a chance to donate any expiring points to a restaurant or charity. Every other program has had a solution or plan extending points or encouraging people to support restaurants and customers a like. Cancelling 10K points out of my account has lost me as an OpenTable user for sure.